The Weekly Weird - 2014-11-07
- There's a seminar/discussion happening next week in nyc that might be of interest: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-the-age-of-machine-consciousness-is-transforming-our-lives-tickets-13913023227
- I found this look at maybe-better-than-LRU cache eviction algorithms fascinating (and pretty pictures). There are some good links at the bottom to further work in this direction: http://danluu.com/2choices-eviction/
- Watching the legal system feel its way around new technology is fun. For example (in the US, at least this once), you can be compelled by a warrant to unlock a phone with your fingerprint but not with your password. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/10/31/judge-rules-suspect-can-be-required-to-unlock-phone-with-fingerprint/
- I know, you're sick of hearing about Ebola. You should read Paul Farmer's take on it anyway: http://www.lrb.co.uk/v36/n20/paul-farmer/diary
- Now that's a commute: http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/04/coolest-jobs-in-tech-literally-running-a-south-pole-data-center/
- More flying robots: with some extremely clever engineering these guys managed to get full control by just mechanical linkage and careful control of the motor speed: http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/aerial-robots/flying-robots-stay-stable-with-just-one-motor As the article implies you could imagine combining the two prototypes and getting a fully controllable UAV with only one motor.
- Wait, you mean putting thousands of high-power-draw hurridy-manufactured equipment in a warehouse might end up being a bad idea? http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/11/06/fire-bitcoin-mine-destroys-equipment/